SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICEI. Description of IntentThis notice is to gauge the availability of vendors that are capable and interested in meeting the Government`s sustainment requirements for the Common Robotic System – Heavy (CRS–H) and the Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II (MTRS Inc. II). The Product Manager for Robotic and Autonomous Systems (PdM RAS) overall requirement for the CRS–H and MTRS Inc. II includes all software and hardware to fulfill Life Cycle Sustainment Support. This notice is also being used to gauge the availability of vendors that can provide software (SW) and hardware (HW) development to address obsolescence of which Teledyne FLIR Unmanned Ground Systems, Inc. is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).II. General Information:a. Requirement OverviewPdM RAS is issuing a Sources Sought Notice as a means of conducting market research only to identify parties having an interest and the resources to support this requirement. The information gained will be used for preliminary planning and to determine the availability of qualified contractors to provide CRS–H/MTRS Inc. II sustainment support. The information received will be used by the Government to facilitate the decision–making process and, if a solicitation is issued subsequent to this notice, information received from respondents will aid in the decision of whether to issue a solicitation as a competitive set–aside for qualified Small Businesses, Vendors with General Services Administration (GSA) Schedules, or whether to issue a solicitation as an unrestricted full and open competition. The Government assumes no financial responsibility for cost incurred with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow–up information requests. This notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose other than market research. Respondents will not be notified of the results regarding the sources so